The weird outfits of the two armies and their weapons that were so clumsy that they were almost shabby made them look like extras who had just run out of a costume movie.
For a moment, Li Yao even suspected that he had entered a meeting place of 'ancient Cultivators' by mistake.
In the Tian Yuan Realm and the Flying Star Sector, there were a bunch of guys who loved the transcendent atmosphere of the ancient Cultivators. They also bought their own costumes and magical equipment and pretended to dress themselves up. They played with each other and took pictures as souvenirs. It was sort of a way to carry forward the traditional culture left by their ancestors.
However, the broken limbs flying everywhere, the guts flowing on the ground, the devastating screams that startled the birds in the forest, and even the most ferocious animals were scared out of their wits … All the appalling scenes told Li Yao that it was not a game but a life-and-death battle between two groups of 'ancient people'!
Judging from the arrangement of the two parties, it was obvious that the 'army of the court', under the banner of 'Appeasing Ambassador of the Fifth Prefecture of the Southland of Sorcerers', had traveled through the mountains for a long time and finally found a place that had a water source and was slightly open. They had just settled down.
As it turned out, they had been assaulted by the short, slim, and fancy wildlings in the forest.
The wildlings seemed to have been lurking in the branches and mud since a long time ago and marched into the heartland of the court's army from all directions.
The battle was already in the cruelest state in the first second.
How — how did this happen?
Li Yao could not figure it out at all.
Judging from the armor, weapons, and flags of the two parties, the civilization in this place was still in the beginning phase. It was a replica of the ancient Cultivators in the history books and Ou Yezi's uncanny dreams. It was quite authentic.
How was it possible?
It must be noted that in the Star Ocean Imperium ten thousand years ago, the civilization of mankind had already been pushed to the peak of glamour and fire.
With the assistance of the three Book of Revelation, the modern Cultivation civilization created by the Supreme Emperor entered a rather mature phase almost the moment it was born.
Even though the Supreme Emperor and the Mad Armageddon suffered heavy losses in the Armageddon Rebellion, and the Star Ocean Imperium fell apart, the seeds of the modern Cultivation civilization had already been sown in the three thousand Sectors.
In the broken world, the relics and legacies of the Star Ocean Imperium were everywhere.
Even in the most chaotic years after the collapse of the Star Ocean Imperium, the people on every planet still remembered the glory of the imperium. A lot of heritages could still be found. They did not have to start from scratch.
Therefore, the new civilizations established on the fragments of the Empire returned to a relatively modern level in less than a few thousand years.
For example, in the Tian Yuan Realm and the Flying Star Sector, there were big cities with reinforced concrete, popular civic education, and computational and communication methods such as crystal processors and the Spiritual Nexus. They had a certain understanding of the universe, too.
The situation in the Flying Star Sector and the Tian Yuan Realm was not a special case.
In the 'brainwashing course' of the Imperium of True Human Beings, dozens of independently developed civilizations of mankind, such as the Curly Dragon civilization, the Medicine Fork civilization, and the Martial Meritocrats civilization, had all stepped into modernization in only a few thousand years.
What led to their destruction in the end was not the incurable diseases of feudalism but the chronic diseases of 'postmodernity'.
Even the Sectors governed by the demon race, such as the Blood Demon Sector, seemed to have kept a lot of traces of primitive planets on the surface, but in fact, they had only developed in different directions.
The civilizations of the demon race, which were based on biochemistry, boasted biochemical brains, skeleton warships, biochemical beast refinement technologies, biochemical brainwave networks, and many other rather modern techniques and magical equipment.
The most 'primitive' planet that Li Yao had ever come across was probably 'Iron Plateau'.
However, the situation on Iron Plateau was special. It had once suffered an intense apocalypse, and its civilization had almost been destroyed.
Even so, the qi-trainers on Iron Plateau had developed all kinds of 'True Qi magical equipment' and created a unique 'True Qi civilization' on the basis of them. With 'True Qi balloons' as the power source, they also boasted modern magical equipment and facilities such as True Qi trains, True Qi airships, large steel mills, reinforced concrete cities, and so on.
Li Yao had never thought that he would run into a typical 'civilization of ancient Cultivators' that seemed to be in a feudal society.
"It doesn't make sense. Not just the great development of the Star Ocean Imperium, even the civilization of the demon race at the end of the 'Great Dark Age', which was ruled by the demon race for thirty thousand years, must've evolved to a rather advanced level. How can this be?"
Li Yao mumbled to himself. Then, he suddenly realized something.
The world had been covered by the dark nebula for at least tens of thousands of years. It was not on the star map of the Star Ocean Imperium that the 'Star Prier's House' left.
Chances were that neither the Demon Beast Dynasty nor the Star Ocean Imperium knew of its existence. Naturally, it had never been baptized by modern civilization.
It was an independent planet that had developed for tens of thousands of years' all by itself 'inside the' black box '. The changes in the outside world, the turbulence in the sea of stars, and the trends of the universe had nothing to do with it.
A genteel phrase suddenly popped up in Li Yao's head.
"I don't know the Han Dynasty or the Wei Dynasty."
It was an article that he had once read in a textbook during his time on Earth. The name of the article was "The Peach Blossom Spring".
Could it be that this mysterious world was the Peach Blossom Spring of the universe?
However, this "Peach Blossom Spring" was not as peaceful and tranquil as the Peach Blossom Spring described in the textbooks. Instead, it was filled with bloody and murderous intent.
Li Yao felt that his teeth were aching.
He had made all the preparations. No matter how advanced the civilization was, he was not scared. He would certainly try his best to exploit the essence of the civilization and establish a certain level of communication with the civilization.
But he did not expect that the civilization would be so … 'underdeveloped'!
What do I do?
I'm here on behalf of the Xing Yao Federation to visit and form an alliance, but this place is still the ancient times!
The good news is that, since there is an army in bright armor with the banner of 'Appeasing Ambassador of the Fifth Prefecture of the Southland of Sorcerers', there must be a court here.
With Ou Yezi's abundant memories, Li Yao had developed them to the Yuanying phase. He knew a thing or two about the customs in the world of ancient Cultivators.
The so-called 'Appeasing Ambassador' was a very common official position in different worlds of ancient Cultivators.
Generally speaking, the central dynasties in the plains would establish 'Appeasing Bureaus' at the border of the barbarians, which would be responsible for persuading and intimidating the alien species and punishing the rebels.
Thankfully, there is a central government in this place. I finally know who I should talk to.
If it were a 'bloody war civilization' where nobody was willing to submit to anyone and only focused on killing and robbing, it would be even worse. He would not even know who he should talk to.
The bad news is that, since there is a court, it must be the emperor, the emperor, and the emperor who rules the court!
"Am I supposed to find His Majesty and tell him, 'Your Majesty, do you know that the world we live in is actually very vast? There are hundreds and thousands of worlds outside of the country you rule, and I am an alien from one of those worlds?'" Li Yao thought.
Li Yao sighed and suddenly felt that it was rather difficult to make an agreement.
Having absorbed a lot of Ou Yezi's memories, he knew a thing or two about the age of ancient Cultivators, but he did not like ancient Cultivators very much.
It was because, in terms of 'belief', the ancient Cultivators were more inclined to the Immortal Cultivators who regarded ordinary people as ants.
It was not to say that all the ancient Cultivators were unpardonable devils.
As a matter of fact, among the ancient Cultivators, there were a lot of sword immortals who helped the weak, wanderers who played tricks on the prostitutes, and merciful masters. There were also a lot of people who were loyal and concerned about the country and the people.
However, however loyal and benevolent the ancient Cultivators were, it was unlikely that they could accept the idea of equality in modern society and really put themselves in the same position as the ordinary people, or even accept the checks and balances of the ordinary people.
It had nothing to do with good and evil. If one were to look at it from a broader perspective, it might be called 'historical limitations'.
Su Changfa, as an Immortal Cultivator, was quite right when he said that the ancient people could not be bound by the morals of modern people.
As it happened, Li Yao had run into such a bunch of 'ancient people'!
It can't be helped. I'll just have to observe them first!
Although their civilization was still in the 'ancient' phase and seemed rather underdeveloped at first glance, Li Yao did not dare underestimate them, nor did he dare return to space recklessly to establish a 'space gate' and summon the fleet of the Federation.
It must be noted that the ancient Cultivators had once lived in the crazy age where Yuanying was as common as dogs and the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators were everywhere!
The spiritual energy in this place was so abundant that even the geckos in the woods were much larger than those in the Tian Yuan Realm. God knew how strong the Cultivators in this place were!
Should he really underestimate the enemy and summon the fleet of the Federation recklessly, only to have the enemy send dozens of Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators without saying anything …
Then, Li Yao would truly deserve to die.
Before I summon the fleet of the Federation, there are a few critical questions that I must figure out first.
"Firstly, is the civilization that is suspected to be the world of ancient Cultivators the real dominator of the world, or is it just a puppet on the surface, and another civilization that is a hundred times more advanced is hiding below the ground or in the extraterrestrial domain?
"Secondly, how did this world get hidden in the black box? What exactly happened tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years ago?"
Thirdly, how many Yuanying and Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators are there exactly? If there are indeed a lot of Yuanying and Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators, how much damage can they cause to a modern civilization of Cultivators if they go on a rampage?
Fourthly, and most importantly, what was the signal that was sent to the outside world a hundred years ago? Was it sent by the ancient Cultivators of this world? What was their purpose?
Li Yao did not know how terrifying the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators were.
On his path of training, the one with the highest Cultivation that he had ever met was probably 'Supreme Space Pirate' Yan Xinjian, who was trying to break into the Divinity Transformation Stage deep inside the underground fortress on Spider Den in the Flying Star Sector.
He had spent quite a few years in the Supreme Space Cave absorbing the essence of Yan Xinjian's training.
It was the most rewarding seclusion in his entire life of Cultivation. Not only did he advance into the 'superlative height of Jin Dan', he also laid a solid foundation for his breakthrough into the Yuanying Stage when he was only in his thirties.
To some extent, he had received Yan Xinjian's true teachings and become his' true disciple '.
Yan Xinjian had only touched the threshold of the Divinity Transformation Stage before he was mentally deranged and killed.
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